Alexandre Dumas and the Origin of ‘Slender Threads’

Contemplate the 'Slender Threads' in Your Own Life

I was inspired to name this interactive publication after the black French writer Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), who wrote such famous 19th-century novels as “The Three Musketeers” and “The Count of Monte Cristo.” Dumas popularized the concept that “slender threads” determine the fortunes and fates of individuals and nations.

He did not believe, as many i…